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Vintage Fantasy Art - NOAI @vintagefantasyart.bsky.social · 19m

« Spinning Tales », 1985

by Denis Beauvais (canadian artist, born 1962)
Cover illustration for "Dragon Magazine" #104, TSR Inc., Dec. 1985

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #DenisBeauvais #DragonMagazine #advanceddungeonsanddragons #ad&d #TTRPG #FRPG #wizard

Vintage Fantasy Art - NOAI @vintagefantasyart.bsky.social · 55m

« Sorceress », 1978

by Doug Beekman (American artist, born 1952)
Features as cover illustration for "Thieves' World - Beyond Sanctuary", novel by Janet Morris
Baen Books, 1985

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #DougBeekman #psychedelicFantasy #SwordAndSorcery #ThievesWorld

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Vintage Fantasy Art - NOAI @vintagefantasyart.bsky.social · 8h

« Ruggiero Riding The Hippogriff », c. 1878

by Gustave Doré (French illustrator & painter, 1832-1883)
Engraving for #OrlandoFurioso by #Ariosto (c. 1516), A.J. Du Pays, Hachette, 1888

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #GustaveDore #neogothicism #romanticism #Ruggiero #hippogriff

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Vintage Fantasy Art - NOAI @vintagefantasyart.bsky.social · 9h

« Mort de Frédéric Barberousse », c. 1894

by Alfons Mucha (Czech artist, 1860-1939)
Features in "Scènes et Épisodes de l’Histoire d’Allemagne", by Charles Seignobos, Armand Colin, 1898

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #AlfonsMucha #historicFantasy #ArtNouveau

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Vintage Fantasy Art - NOAI @vintagefantasyart.bsky.social · 1d

« The Black Rose », 1972

by Jeffrey Catherine Jones (American artist, 1944-2011)
Cover illustration of "Nine Princes In Amber", Roger Zelazny, Avon Books, 1972

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #JeffJones #JeffreyCatherineJones #RogerZelazny #NinePrincesInAmber #ChroniclesOfAmber

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Vintage Fantasy Art - NOAI @vintagefantasyart.bsky.social · 1d

« Ruslan Meets The Giant Head », 1917

by Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin (Russian illustrator, 1876-1942)
Illustration for the opera libretto of "Руслан и Людмила" (Ruslan & Ludmila)
Mikhaïl Glinka, c. 1840

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #ivanbilibin #RuslanAndLudmila #russianFantasy

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Vintage Fantasy Art - NOAI @vintagefantasyart.bsky.social · 2d

« Las Brujas Que Sí Existen », 1972

by Esteban Maroto (Spanish illustrator, born 1942)
Cover illustration for #TerrorGrafico #5 magazine, Ursus, Spain, 1972

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #EstebanMaroto #horrorFantasy #psychedelicFantasy #eroticFantasy #witch #bruja

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Vintage Fantasy Art - NOAI @vintagefantasyart.bsky.social · 2d

« The Unknown Five », c. 1978

by Rowena Morrill (American artist, 1944-2021)
Cover illustration for "The Unknown Five" by Don Bensen, Doje Books/HBJ, 1978

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #RowenaMorrill #horrorFantasy #eroticFantasy

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Vintage Fantasy Art - NOAI @vintagefantasyart.bsky.social · 2d

« Girl Slaves of Morgana Le Fay », 1971

by Sandro Simeoni (Italian artist, 1928-2007)
Poster illustration for french horror movie "Morgane et ses nymphes" by Bruno Gantillon, 1971

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #SandroSimeoni #psychedelicFantasy #horrorFantasy #eroticFantasy

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Vintage Fantasy Art - NOAI @vintagefantasyart.bsky.social · 3d

« Conan of the Fianna », 1973

by Jim Fitzpatrick (Irish artist, born 1946)
Cover illustration for "Fantasy Crossroads" fanzine issue 10/11, Jonathan Bacon, March 1977

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #JimFitzpatrick #REHoward #Conan #ConanTheBarbarian #FantasyCrossroads

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Vintage Fantasy Art - NOAI @vintagefantasyart.bsky.social · 3d

Untitled, 1975

Generally attributed to Alex Niño (Filipino comics artist, born 1940)
Cover illustration for "AMRA" swordplay-&-sorcery fanzine #63, George Scithers,
April 1975

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #AlexNino #AMRA #REHoward #Conan #KingKull #SwordAndSorcery

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Vintage Fantasy Art - NOAI @vintagefantasyart.bsky.social · 3d

« The Last Laugh » , 1976

by Gene (Howard Eugene) Day (Canadian illustrator, 1951-1982)
Illustration for "The Last Laugh" novel by R.E. Howard, in #FantasyCrossroads #9 fanzine, Stygian Isle Press, Aug. 1976

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #GeneDay #REHoward #DarkFantasy

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Vintage Fantasy Art - NOAI @vintagefantasyart.bsky.social · 4d

"War God" first appeared (B&W only) in "Artists of TSR" portfolio, TSR RPGA, 1982

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Vintage Fantasy Art - NOAI @vintagefantasyart.bsky.social · 4d

« War God », 1985

by Timothy Truman (American artist, born 1956)
Cover and portfolio colour illustration from "KILLER...Tales by Timothy Truman", Eclipse comics, March 1985

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #TimTruman #TSR #SwordAndSorcery #WarGod

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Vintage Fantasy Art - NOAI @vintagefantasyart.bsky.social · 4d

« Stranded », 1978

by Philip Craig Russell (American comics artist, born 1951)
Illustration for the artist portfolio from "Night Music" issue 3, Eclipse Comics, 1985

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #PCraigRussell #SFFantasy #SymbolistFantasy #PsychedelicFantasy

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Vintage Fantasy Art - NOAI @vintagefantasyart.bsky.social · 5d

This story was later published as " #BrakTheBarbarian versus the Sorceress", Paperback Library, 1969, with a cover illustration by Frank Frazetta.

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Vintage Fantasy Art - NOAI @vintagefantasyart.bsky.social · 5d

« Death was upon him and the girl too. », 1963

by #VirgilFinlay (American artist, 1914-1971)
Illustration for "Witch of the Four Winds" by #JohnJakes
In #FantasticStoriesOfImagination, vol. 12 no 11, Nov. 1963

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #SwordAndSorcery #BrakTheBarbarian

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Vintage Fantasy Art - NOAI @vintagefantasyart.bsky.social · 5d

« Flail Snail », 1981-1999

1 #AlanHunter, in #AD&D #FiendFolio TSR Hobbies, 1981
2 #ThomasBaxa / #MarkNelson, in AD&D #GreyhawkAdventures #MonstrousCompendium Appendix, TSR, 1990
3&4 #BradMcDevitt, in #DragonMagazine #258, TSR, 1999

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #TTRPG #FRPG

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Vintage Fantasy Art - NOAI @vintagefantasyart.bsky.social · 5d

« THOU SHALL NOT PASS ! », c. XIVth

Unknown artist
Brave knight protecting a damsel from a giant snail attack
Marginalia illumination from unknown book, probably XIVth century

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #MedievalFantasy #GiantSnails #Marginalia #MedievalIllumination

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Vintage Fantasy Art - NOAI @vintagefantasyart.bsky.social · 5d

« The Snails Attack », c. 1310

Unknown artist
Grotesque knight being attacked by two giant snails, from "The Queen Mary Psalter"
England, 1310-1320, Royal MS 2 B VII

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #MedievalFantasy #GiantSnails #Marginalia #MedievalIllumination #MedievalArt

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Vintage Fantasy Art - NOAI @vintagefantasyart.bsky.social · 6d

Also known as "Delicate Negociations" #12 Card in FPG Darrell K. Sweet Fantasy Art Trading Cards, 1994

Vintage Fantasy Art - NOAI @vintagefantasyart.bsky.social · 6d

« The Unforsaken Hiero », 1983

by Darrell K. Sweet (American illustrator, 1934-2011)
Cover illustration for "The Unforsaken Hiero" novel by Sterling E. Lanier
Ballantine/Del Rey Books, 1983

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #DarrellKSweet #Hiero #SterlingELanier #TradingCards

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Vintage Fantasy Art - NOAI @vintagefantasyart.bsky.social · 6d

«Ningauble of the Seven Eyes», 1964

by #EdEmshwiller (American artist, 1925-1990)
Cover illustration for "Adept's Gambit", by #FritzLeiber in Fantastic Stories of Imagination, May 1964

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #Ningauble #FafhrdandtheGrayMouser #Lankhmar #SwordAndSorcery

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Vintage Fantasy Art - NOAI @vintagefantasyart.bsky.social · 6d

« Giddyap », 1968

by Carl Lundgren (American artist, born 1947)
Poster illustration for a concert of Junior Wells and Canned Heat, Avalon Ballroom, Family Dog, May 1968

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #CarlLundgren #FamilyDog #psychedelicFantasy #RockFantasy

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Vintage Fantasy Art - NOAI @vintagefantasyart.bsky.social · 6d

EDIT : Also features as cover illustration for "Three Hearts and Three Lions", by Poul Anderson, Baen Books, Aug. 1993
(So this picture is from 1993, not 1994)